Instructions
- Select one psychological disorder from the DSM-5-TR to use for this assignment.​
- Consider your current workplace or community and choose a target audience for your presentation.
- Using your course text, resources from readings, the DSM-5-TR, and three or more scholarly journal articles, create a PowerPoint presentation in which you:
- Identify the selected psychological disorder from the DSM-5-TR.
- Select a theory from the text or elsewhere and discuss how the theory would view the causes of the specific disorder.
- Discuss the current diagnostic criteria for the disorder from the DSM-5-TR. Provide a brief case example in which a client’s behavior corresponds to diagnostic criteria.
- Describe how the DSM-5-TR version of the diagnosis reconsiders the DSM-4 diagnosis.
- Describe the changes in treatment from the past to the present.
- Analyze what led to the changes in the diagnosis and treatment approaches. Use current research to support your analysis.
- Support your analysis of the changes with evidence from scholarly research.
Additional Requirements
- Title slide: Include your name, course, date, and instructor.
- Abstract: No abstract is required for the assignment.
- References: Use your text, the DSM-5-TR, and three or more peer-reviewed journal articles.
- Written communication: Written communication is free from errors that detract from the overall message.
- APA formatting: Resources and citations are formatted according to current APA style and formatting.
- Length of presentation: 10–15 slides.
- Speaker’s notes: Included on each slide.